George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
- Biographical information, catalog of compositions, recent recordings and reviews, bibliographies, organizations, and links. (by Brad Leissa)
- http://gfhandel.org/
George Frideric Handel: A Man of His Time - Brief biographical note, selected works, quotes, recommended reading and recordings, other resources, and timeline from Humanities Web. - http://www.humanitiesweb.org/human.php?s=c&p=c&a=i&ID=33
George Frideric Händel - Karadar dictionary entry with life, works, catalogue, operas, illustrations, related composers, and MIDI audio examples of his works. - http://www.karadar.it/Dictionary/handel.html
George Frideric Handel - Biography and musicography by Daryl Lee plus links. From the Michael O'Neal Singers' Composer of the Month feature. - http://www.mosingers.com/composers/handel.html
Handel's Clarinet - Brief essay exploring whether or not he wrote specifically for the instrument or if indications actually point to the trumpet from ICA's Clarinet Journal anthology, Jan La Rue. - http://www.clarinet.org/journal/Anthology/1960-08-La_Rue.asp
Handel and the Clarinet - Scholarly article exploring contradictory evidence as to whether or not he wrote specifically for the instrument from ICA's Clarinet Journal anthology by R. B. Chatwin. - http://www.clarinet.org/journal/Anthology/1950-03-Chatwin.asp
Georg Friedrich Händel - Filmography listing movies and television programs using or based on his works, brief biography, and links to related material from the Internet Movie Database (IMDb). - http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0005594/
NewOlde.com - George Frideric Handel - Recommended Handel links, books and music editions, with brief descriptions. - http://www.newolde.com/handel.htm
The Rise and Fall of Henry Brydges, Duke of Chandos - The dramatic story of the Duke of Chandos, for whom Handel composed the Chandos Anthems - his rise to riches and fall to financial ruin within ten years. Illustrated. - http://www.baroquemusic.org/chandos.html
Classic Cat - Directory of mp3s made available by the performing artists. - http://www.classiccat.net/handel_gf/index.htm
George Frederick Handel (1685-1759) - Detailed biography, large portrait, scores, orchestral and organ works, related composers, and links from the Here Of A Sunday Morning radio program. - http://www.hoasm.org/PeriodX.html
Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759) - Listing of vocal works and lyrics, many in Italian with English translations, from the Lied and Art Song Texts Page at REC Music. - http://www.recmusic.org/lieder/h/handel.html
Handel, George Frideric - Biography tracing his education and development into one of the premier composers of the Baroque period and in all of classical music with summary list of works. From the Grove Concise Dictionary of Music entry at WQXR radio. - http://www.wqxr.com/cgi-bin/iowa/cla/learning/grove.html?record=4028
KUNST DER FUGE. Händel page. - Free and complete MIDI files of the fuguistic compositions, 'Messiah' included. - http://www.kunstderfuge.com/haendel.htm
Classical Music Archives - Handel - Over 600 works by Handel (including the complete Messiah) and two biographies (Concise Oxford Dictionary of music.) Works offered in MIDI, MP3, and Windows Media audio formats, including live recordings of featured artists. - http://www.classicalarchives.com/handel.html
The American Handel Society - Events, membership, and subscription information. - http://www.americanhandelsociety.org/
Handel at Adlington Hall - Information about Handel's friendship with the Legh family and visits to their home, Adlington Hall, Cheshire. He also played Adlington Hall organ, built by Bernard "Father" Smith in 1670. - http://www.baroque-music-club.com/Adlington.html
Handel, George Frideric (1685 - 1759) - Biographical data, recommended CDs, books and sheet music, bibliography, and links to biographical essays. - http://stevenestrella.com/composers/composerfiles/handel1759.html
London Handel Society - Sponsors an annual festival celebrating Handel and his contemporaries in London. Society information, Festival programme and locations. - http://www.london-handel-festival.com/
The Handel House Museum - 18th century house where George Frideric Handel lived for 36 years until his death in 1759. Restored to reflect the life and times of the composer. Hours of operation and directions. - http://www.handelhouse.org/
The Czech Handel Society - Information and aims of the Society. Basics about G.F. Handel. Publications and recordings offered and concerts and lectures organized by the Society. - http://www.haendel.cz/